Allyson Y Schwartz

A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., October 3, 1948; graduated from the Calhoun School, New York, N.Y., 1966; B.A., Simmons College, Boston, Mass., 1970; M.S.W., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1972; health care executive; member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1991-2004; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the United States Senate in 2000; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).